FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH singer Ivan Moody is celebrating his first year of sobriety this weekend. Moody's FIVE FINGER bandmate, bassist Chris Kael, congratulated his friend on the milestone, writing on Instagram: "Join me in celebrating @ivanmoody today on his One Year Sober Birthday! Roughly 75 percent of those who start the path to sobriety ...

Sticks For Stones conducted an interview with SOULFLY and CAVALERA CONSPIRACY frontman Max Cavalera prior to the short Australian tour where he and brother Igor Cavalera will perform select tracks from SEPULTURA's seminal "Beneath The Remains" and "Arise" albums. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by ...

Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend found an unlikely supporter in oft-reviled NICKELBACK frontman Chad Kroeger, who offered Townsend some key bits advice before Devin embarked on the songwriting process for his new "Empath" studio album. Opposites in many respects, Townsend originally connected with Kroeger after tweeting his fondness for NICKELBACK's recent "Feed The Machine" album, drawing ...

Andrew McKaysmith of Australia's "Scars And Guitars" podcast recently conducted an interview with frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski of Polish extreme metal veterans BEHEMOTH. You can listen to the entire chat via the audio widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how BEHEMOTH plans to expand its sound beyond the band's latest studio ...

"Bods Mayhem Hour" recently conducted an interview with frontman Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of veteran New Jersey thrash metallers OVERKILL. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On OVERKILL following its own instincts without outside management: Bobby: "I always know OVERKILL is making our own decisions. We've been ...

Chris Akin of "The Classic Metal Show" recently conducted an interview with guitarist Michael Gilbert of Arizona metal veterans FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he's the "difference maker" in FLOTSAM AND JETSAM considering the studio albums he's appeared on tend ...

Alex Haber of Heavy New York conducted an interview with frontwoman Sharon Den Adel of Dutch metallers WITHIN TEMPTATION prior to the band's March 2 show at PlayStation Theater in New York, New York. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether WITHIN TEMPTATION takes ...

Australia's May The Rock Be With You recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On what a JUDAS PRIEST show circa 2019 looks like: Rob: "It's what this band has been doing for pretty much for ...

HEART's Ann Wilson has denied that the lineup of band's upcoming "Love Alive" summer tour is the result of the wave of female empowerment sweeping through the nation right now. "We just chose the best artists," she told SiriusXM's Jim Shearer at this past Thursday's (March 7) "Love Rocks NYC" all-star benefit at New York ...

Alice Cooper has told Billboard that the upcoming second album from the HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES — in which he is joined by AEROSMITH's Joe Perry, Johnny Depp and guitarist Tommy Henriksen — will consist mostly of originals sung by Cooper along with three covers featuring vocals by Perry and Depp. "It's really interesting because ...

During a recent interview with Ultimate Guitar, George Lynch was asked if he thinks a new classic-lineup DOKKEN album will happen somewhere down the line, featuring him, singer Don Dokken, bassist Jeff Pilson and drummer Mick Brown. He responded: "I don't know. I mean... The further along we get here, I think the ...

Swedish heavy metal band LION'S SHARE has made a new song, "Chain Child", available on streaming services and digital service providers. LION'S SHARE singer Nils Patrik Johansson states: "The new single, 'Chain Child', is about futuristic cyber violence. It's an old-school style rocker with a modern touch. It's our way to honor our heroes and ...

Fan-filmed video footage of SYSTEM OF A DOWN guitarist Daron Malakian's side project, SCARS ON BROADWAY, performing Friday night (March 8) at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, California can be seen below (courtesy of YouTube user "Kostya Danko"). The show was part of SCARS ON BROADWAY's short West Coast tour, which kicked off on March ...

Vince Neil says that MÖTLEY CRÜE is very much an active entity despite the fact that the band completed its final tour more than three years ago. "Just because we stopped touring doesn't mean we broke up," he told Finland's Kaaos TV in a new interview (hear audio below). "We just decided not ...

Insight Editions has set an October 15 is release date for "Rush: Wandering The Face Of The Earth: The Official Touring History". The book includes a foreword from PRIMUS's Les Claypool, and an afterword by THE POLICE's Stewart Copeland. The 304-page hardcover was compiled by Skip Daly, a RUSH expert for over 30 years, and ...

WATAIN has slammed Singapore's "tragic excuse of a government" and the "honorless rats" who were responsible for the cancelation of the band's concert in the country. The Swedish black metallers were scheduled to perform in Singapore on Thursday evening, but the show was scrapped that same afternoon by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), following ...

Steven Tyler has told HollywoodLife that he would be willing to come back to "American Idol" as a mentor, seven years after his departure from the show. "It depends on who's on with me," the AEROSMITH singer said. "I really think that Randy [Jackson] was — maybe people would say he was good ...

Former AEROSMITH lead guitarist Jimmy Crespo is "doing much better," several days after injuring his head in a fall. Jimmy, who is best known as the man who replaced Joe Perry in AEROSMITH from 1979 to 1984, is expected to be released from the hospital "soon." Earlier today, former L.A. GUNS singer Chris Van Dahl, ...

In a brand new interview with France's United Rock Nations, legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen was asked if he ever thought, back when he released his debut solo album, that he would still be around and playing music 35 years later. "Well, at the time, I wasn't thinking about those things," he said (hear audio ...

According to The Blast, Jack Osbourne's divorce from Lisa Stelly was finalized earlier this week. A judge signed off on the case on Tuesday, March 5. Stelly filed for divorce from the 33-year-old son of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne in May 2018 after nearly seven years of marriage. According to the terms of ...

According to The Island Packet, Stephen Coronel — who is best known as the original guitar player in WICKED LESTER, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley's pre-KISS recording act — was released from prison Monday and transferred to South Carolina's Beaufort County Detention Center, where he is choosing to stay while awaiting approval to ...

L.A. GUNS vocalist Phil Lewis recently spoke with MA Entertainment Global. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On living in Las Vegas: Phil: "A vampire Brit blends in quite nicely. It's a challenge, for sure. Everything happens at night. [There's] absolutely no point getting ...

Savannah, Georgia metal band BARONESS played a new song, "Borderlines", live for the first time Friday night (March 8) at the opening concert of the band's co-headlining tour with DEAFHEAVEN in Houston, Texas. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. "Borderlines" will appear on BARONESS's fifth album, apparently titled "Gold & Grey", ...

Prior to SOULFLY's performance in Petaluma, California on February 25, front man Max Cavalera spoke with Gene Gaona of Hellbound. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the group's recently completed U.S. tour: Max: "Maybe because [new album] 'Ritual' just came out, but it's a lot ...

MÖTLEY CRÜE and SIXX:A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx recently appeared on Virgin Radio UK's "Chris Evans Breakfast Show". The complete conversation can be streamed at this location (interview starts at the 4:40 mark). A few excepts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the debauchery captured in the new film adaptation of the band's 2001 ...

DEF LEPPARD drummer Rick Allen recently spoke with "The Animal House Radio Show". The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the group's decision to return to Las Vegas later this year for a second residency: Rick: "The first time we did the residency, I wasn't sure ...

QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton recently spoke with Valentino Petrarca of WSOU 89.5 FM, the South Orange, New Jersey college radio station of Seton Hall University. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the group's new album, "The Verdict": Michael: "The writing process was a complete band ...

During this year's Upfront Summit, an invitation-only technology conference that took place in Los Angeles in late January, GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan was interviewed by Milana Rabkin Lewis, the co-founder and CEO of digital music distribution company Stem Disintermedia Inc. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed ...

L.A. GUNS' Tracii Guns and STRYPER's Michael Sweet are collaborating on a new metal project called SUNBOMB. The band, which apparently also features L.A. GUNS drummer Shane Fitzgibbon, is currently recording its debut album for a tentative late 2019 release via Frontiers Music Srl. Tracii broke the news of the project's existence earlier today, writing ...